Tony award winner MEMPHIS The Musical comes to the Luhrs Center!

Friday, January 10, 2014 2:00 AM

SHIPPENSBURG, PA (January 10, 2014) - The H. Ric Luhrs Performing Arts
Center at Shippensburg University presents
the 2010 Tony ® Award Winner for Best Musical, MEMPHIS The Musical, Thursday, February 6, 2014 at 7:30 p.m. Reserved tickets are $62, $57 & $45 and
are now on sale. A group discount is
available for groups of 20 or more.
Tickets can be purchased by calling the Luhrs Center Box Office at
717.477.SHOW (7469) or online at luhrscenter.com.

"MEMPHIS is Mighty, Magnificent,
Miraculous...ingenious staging and direction, energizing, fresh, and joyful
choreography and an infectious dynamite score!" said the Houston Chronicle and the Toronto
Star called MEMPHIS "an explosion of energy, joy and emotion you won't want
to miss!...with singing that rocks your soul and dancing that rocks your
world!" "MEMPHIS is a Masterpiece!" exclaimed BroadwayWorld.com.

MEMPHIS takes place in the smoky
halls and underground clubs of the segregated 50's, where a young white DJ
named Huey Calhoun fell in love with everything he shouldn't: Rock and Roll and an electrifying Black
singer. MEMPHIS is an original story
about the Cultural Revolution that erupted when his vision met her voice, and
the music changed forever. Come along on
their incredible journey to the ends of the airwaves -- filled with laughter,
vibrant choreography and roof-raising Rock 'n' Roll.

Adam Arian will re-create the
original direction by Tony nominee Christopher Ashley (Xanadu), Jermaine Rembert will re-create the original choreography
by Sergio Trujillo (Jersey Boys).

The show features a Tony winning
score with music by Bon Jovi's founding member and keyboardist David Bryan and
lyrics by Bryan and Joe DiPietro (I Love
You, You're Perfect, Now Change), who also pens the musical's book. Bryan
and DiPietro also collaborated on the award-winning off-Broadway hit, TheToxic
Avenger. MEMPHIS is based on a concept by the late George W. George
(producer of the Tony nominated Bedroom
Farce and the film My Dinner with
Andre).

Scenic Design for MEMPHIS is by
Tony® Award winner David Gallo (The
Drowsy Chaperone, Reasonsto Be
Pretty), Costume Design is by Tony nominee Paul Tazewell (In the Heights), Lighting Design is by
Tony Award winner Howell Binkley (Jersey
Boys) and Sound Design is by Shannon Slaton.

NETworks Presentations, LLC
(Producer). Founded in 1995 by Kenneth Gentry, Seth Wenig and Scott W. Jackson,
NETworks has produced and managed over 55 national and international touring
productions. Previous productions: Little
Women starring Maureen McGovern; Cinderella
starring Eartha Kitt and Deborah Gibson;
Fosse starring Ben Vereen and Ruthie Henshall; The Light in the Piazza; My
Fair Lady co-produced with Cameron Mackintosh; Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma!; Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake;Annie; Hairspray; The Wizard of Oz, Young Frankenstein, Rodgers and Hammerstein's South Pacific, La Cage aux
Folles starring George Hamilton and many others. Current productions
include Disney's Beauty and the Beast,
Blue Man Group National Tour, Elf The Musical, Flashdance the Musical,

The New
25th Anniversary Production ofLes Misérables, Cameron Mackintosh's spectacular new production of
Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the
Opera, The National Theatre of Great Britain's production of War Horse and We Will Rock You, the musical by Queen and Ben Elton.

For additional information about the MEMPHIS The Musical
performance, or other performances within the 2013-2014 Luhrs Center series,
please call the Luhrs Center Box Office at 717.477.SHOW (7469) or visit the
Luhrs Center website at luhrscenter.com.